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FORM 4                                UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION                      OMB APPROVAL
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                                                                                                      OMB Number          3235-0287
|_| Check this box if                   STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP                  Expires:      January 31,2005
    no longer subject                                                                                 Estimated average burden
    to Section 16.        Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,     hours per response........0.5
    Form 4 or Form 5           Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935       -------------------------------
    obligations may               or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
    continue.  See
    Instruction 1(b)
(Print or Type Responses)
                                                                              
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1.Name and Address of Reporting Person*  2.Issuer Name AND Ticker or Trading Symbol  6.Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
                                                                                                   (Check all applicable)
  Hewitt      Alexander        S.           AmeriVest Properties, Inc. (AMV)                 Director          X  10% Owner
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 (Last)      (First)        (Middle)     3.IRS or Social Security  4.Statement for        X  Officer (give        Other (Specify
                                           Number of Reporting       Month/Day/Year      --- title below)     ---         below)
                                           Person, if an entity
                                           (Voluntary)                9/05/02                  Vice President
 1780 South Bellaire Street, Suite 515                                                      ---------------------------
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                (Street)                                           5.If Amendment,    7.Individual or Joint/Group Filing
                                                                     Date of Original   (Check applicable line)
                                                                     (Month/Day/Year)     X  Form filed by One Reporting Person
 Denver      Colorado         80222                                                      ---
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(City)       (State)          (Zip)                                                      --- Reporting Person
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                             TABLE I - NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
                                                                                                   
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1.Title of Security  2.Trans-  2A.Deemed    3.Transaction 4.Securities Acquired (A)      5.Amount of       6.Ownership  7.Nature of
  (Instr. 3)           action     Execu-      Code          or Disposed of (D)             Securities        Form:        Indirect
                       Date       tion Date   (Instr. 8)    (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)            Beneficially      Direct       Beneficial
                                  (if any)  ---------------------------------------------  Owned Follow-     (D) or       Ownership
                       (Month/    (Month/                                                  ing Reported      Indirect     (Instr. 4)
                       Day/       Day/        Code     V      Amount  (A) or    Price      Transaction(s)    (I)
                       Year)      Year)                               (D)                 (Instr. 3 and 4)   (Instr. 4)
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Common Stock           9/5/02                   P             52,893   A        $6.05       1,580,549           I            (a)
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                                                                                               65,938           D
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).


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FORM 4 (continued)          TABLE II - DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
                                   (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
                                                                                             
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1. Title of Derivative  2. Conver-    3. Trans-   3A. Deemed   4. Trans-    5. Number of       6. Date Exer-   7. Title and Amount
   Security                sion or       action       Execu-      action       Derivative         cisable and     of Underlying
   (Instr. 3)              Exercise      Date         tion        Code         Securities         Expiration      Securities
                           Price of                   Date,       (Instr. 8)   Acquired (A) or    Date            (Instr. 3 and 4)
                           Deriv-        (Month/      if any                   Disposed of (D)    (Month/Day/
                           ative         Day/                                  (Instr. 3, 4,      Year)
                           Security      Year)        (Month/                  and 5)
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                                                      Year)                                    Date     Expira-           Amount or
                                                                 Code   V      (A)      (D)    Exer-    tion      Title   Number of
                                                                                               cisable  Date              Shares
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FORM 4 (continued)          TABLE II - DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
                                   (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
                                                                        
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1. Title of Derivative  8. Price         9. Number of         10. Ownership         11. Nature of
   Security                of               Derivative            Form of               Indirect
   (Instr. 3)              Deriv-           Securities            Derivative            Beneficial
                           ative            Beneficially          Security:             Ownership
                           Security         Owned Follow-         Direct (D) or         (Instr. 4)
                           (Insr. 5)        ing Reported          Indirect (I)
                                            Transaction(s)        (Instr. 4)
                                            (Instr. 4
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Explanation of Responses:
(a) Common stock owned by entities in which reporting person has an indirect pecuniary interest.  Reporting person disclaims
    beneficial ownership over an aggregate of 1,245,875 shares of common stock.



                                                                                    /s/ DEBORAH J. FRIEDMAN               10/03/02
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially           Deborah J. Friedman                 Date
          owned directly or indirectly                                                  Attorney-in-Fact
        * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see
          Instruction 4(b)(v).
       ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal
          Criminal Violations.  See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
    Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
          If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this
form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB number.                                       Page 2